BATRACHOSEPS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Slender salamanders

Synonyms:

Batrachoseps; genus Batrachoseps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Batrachoseps" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Batrachoseps"):

slender salamander; worm salamander (any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States)

Holonyms ("Batrachoseps" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)